Regarding Guo Nuan's assistance to Kang Wan in escaping the pursuit of officials, Yan Ruoshui once visited Shengping at the Princess Mansion in a private capacity.

Yan Ruoshui and Shengping have a good personal relationship. One is the daughter of a court official and the other is the daughter of the royal family. They have known each other since childhood and their relationship is very close. They are considered best friends.

Yan Ruoshui asked about Guo Nuan driving a carriage out of the East City Gate that night. Shengping had already heard about the assassination of the temple minister in the capital that night. The assassin was the daughter of An Lushan. It happened that Guo Nuan did not return home all night.

The next morning, he was sent back to the princess mansion by the masked man Kang Wan. The thoughtful Shengping quickly guessed the purpose of Yan Ruoshui's visit.

Knowing that Yan Ruoshui valued their personal relationship and was unwilling to escalate the situation to accuse Guo Nuan of covering up, Shengping immediately helped Guo Nuan complete a lie.

Shengping told Yan Ruoshui without a blush or a heartbeat that that night was because he and his consort Guo Nuan went out of the East City Gate. They planned to go on an outing in the wild. With the idea of ​​going out in a low-key manner, they lied to the city guard and wanted to pretend

When an ordinary family went out, they happened to encounter an assassination incident in the imperial city that night. The interrogation at the city gate was fierce, so they were not allowed to reveal their identity to Guo Nuan. Therefore, during the interrogation, when facing the captain's questioning, Guo Nuan had some clues.

There were different opinions. It was normal to arouse suspicion, so much so that the official thought that Guo Nuan was hiding a suspicious person in the carriage out of the city.

After leaving the East City Gate, I planned to take advantage of the moonlight to climb Zhongnan Mountain in the eastern suburbs, planning to get to the top of the mountain early to watch the sunrise. That night, Guo Nuan was a little drunk and overturned while driving on the post road. Fortunately, the two of them were safe and sound.

An accident occurred on the way, and I lost interest in playing, so I returned to the princess mansion.

"Is what sister Shengping said true?"

Yan Ruoshui looked at Shengping calmly, with a hint of doubt in his words.

"Well, we have known each other for such a long time. We sisters have always been honest and sincere. How could I lie? What do you think, Sister Yan?"

Shengping smiled lightly and spoke calmly, as if it were natural.

"It turns out it was a misunderstanding. Sister, don't blame me for asking more questions."

Yan Ruoshui didn't intend to delve into it any further, and then she gently revealed the matter of Guo Nuan's cover-up of Kang Wan.

It is said that after Kang Wan failed to assassinate Yan Zhuang in Xinyilou, a brothel, Jingzhao Mansion sent a large number of government officials to arrest Kang Wan, and expanded the search area to a radius of 300 miles around the capital. However, five days later, there was still no trace of the assassin.

In the past six months, Kang Wan and her associates, the few remaining trusted generals after An Lushan's defeat, have been lurking in Chang'an. They once assassinated four people who worked under An Lushan and later

The core generals who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and Yan Zhuang was also one of their targets for assassination.

It is said that Kang Wan's associates were killed in several cases of assassinating generals who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, leaving only Kang Wan, a remnant of An Lushan.

As for the operation to apprehend Kang Wan, the last remnant of An Lushan's party, the Jingzhao Mansion has been pending the case and has been delaying it again and again. This news is good for Guo Nuan.

To be honest, Guo Nuan really hopes that Kang Wan can escape as far away as possible. It is best that she never returns to the capital and wanders to a foreign land from now on, giving up the idea of ​​avenging her father and finding a place to live a good life as an ordinary person.

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An Lushan's death was the result of a plot by military advisor Yan Zhuang and his eldest son An Qingxu to seize political power. At that time, the two men were watching outside the tent and sent eunuch Li Zhuer to break into An Lushan's house and assassinate him.

Not long after An Qingxu seized power from his father, the rebels under his command were defeated by Guo Ziyi's Qinwang army. Li Tang's country was restored, and without any chance of a comeback, he served as the governor of the rebel army.

The leader, An Qingxu, had no choice but to commit suicide.

After the Anshi Rebellion ended, Li Zhuer was also assassinated by An Lushan's remaining henchmen. Among those who killed one of the masterminds of An Lushan, the only one left alive was Yan Zhuang, who surrendered to the Li Tang court.

"With her tenacious and persistent temperament, she will definitely not give up on the idea of ​​assassinating Yan Zhuang."

Every time Guo Nuan thought about this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh secretly.

After experiencing the encounter with Kang Wan, Guo Nuan returned to the princess mansion, and his life gradually returned to calm. There were only ten days left before the imperial examination, and Guo Nuan had not studied well. He also knew that a thin person could not eat in one bite.

Stretched into a fat man.

Occasionally, he would go to the study to accompany Pu Shangxuan, who was studying hard, to feel the atmosphere of review and learn about the common sense issues that need to be paid attention to in the imperial examination. Most of the time, he would wander around the huge garden of the Princess Mansion, or go alone by the lake.

Play Xiao, and play chess with Luo Yuan and Afu.

Sometimes, Shengping would also intentionally ask Guo Nuan to go for an outing in the valley grassland near the mansion to cultivate feelings.

How would you describe the relationship between the two of them now? Guo Nuan feels that they are respectful and like guests. They behave with friendly etiquette, and the couple speaks politely.

Most of the time, when Guo Nuan walks with Shengping in the countryside, he likes to talk about some weird stories from his past life, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Emperor's New Clothes, and One Thousand and One Nights. After each story,

A fairy tale, Shengping always asked him to tell another one with great interest.

"Well, I didn't expect that the prince-in-law's mind would hold so many weird and interesting stories."

Shengping has always been surprised by Guo Nuan's endless fairy tales. She feels that Guo Nuan's mind is like a treasure house. Every time he opens a door, his eyes are full of treasures. Before he can be happy, there is another door hidden in the room behind the door.

Opening door after door, there are endless piles of gold, silver, jewels, gems and pearls.

Guo Nuan would also occasionally, on a whim, describe to Shengping a flying machine that could soar like a bird, similar to a weird thing made of a hanging basket and a big balloon.

Guo Nuan said that one day he would find suitable materials and when he had free time, he would make a hot-air balloon and then take Shengping's wife to float over Chang'an City. The two of them would see the golden glazed tiles on the magnificent palace.

Whenever this was mentioned, Shengping, who was listening attentively, would smile lightly.

As for the modern invention of hot air balloons, the clever Shengping quickly understood its flight principles after being briefly explained by Guo Nuan.

"Haha, isn't this an extra-large Kongming lantern? It's made of tissue paper and bamboo strips. It's a sky lantern used for praying during the Lantern Festival. Can it carry such a heavy person, and there are two of them?"

However, looking at Shengping's doubts about whether this kind of headlight could carry people, Guo Nuan laughed. He confidently said that it would be possible to carry people into the sky, as long as the suitable liquid fuel was found and the balloon and gondola were made big enough.

, even if we add Ah Fu, Luo Yuan, Pu Shangxuan and a fat pig, there will be no problem.

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When it comes to relationships, it takes time to develop slowly. In the early days of a political marriage, the parents married their children into a couple in a hurry before they were familiar with each other.

Guo Nuan comes from the space of modern society, advocating freedom of love and freedom of marriage. Now she has suddenly found a wife without his consent. Not to mention that Guo Nuan can't adapt to it for a while. She was originally born in the royal family of Shengping, and she is arrogant.

With his temperament, it is natural that he would not immediately identify with his husband-in-law, and it would be impossible to develop feelings for him.

But as time goes by, and the two of them spend more time together, they will gradually develop feelings for each other. Guo Nuan and Sheng Ping feel the same way in their hearts.

Maybe the two of them were destined not to have a vigorous love affair, and most of the feudal marriages were entered into directly. Now that the deal is done and it has become a reality, as the two sides gradually get to know each other, the conflict between the two has become much calmer.

From now on, let nature take its course, and when the relationship comes, it will fall into place. Guo Nuan and Shengping will live, eat, sleep together like ordinary couples, and then give birth to several babies, raise them, and teach them to read and write.

, the Four Books and the Five Classics, and so on, and then the two of them slowly watched their large group of children grow up. They either married wives and started families, or they married and found good husbands.

When you get old, one becomes a bad old man with a hunched back and a cane, and the other becomes an old woman with a mouth full of missing teeth and can't even speak. Maybe life is like this. Isn't this a kind of ordinary happiness?

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"Let's go and sit on the green grass on the river bank over there!"

Guo Nuan looked at the spring scenery of the river bank in front of him, feeling relaxed and happy. He naturally picked up the catkins of Shengping, and the two of them strolled towards the river.

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Chapter completed!